Northern Sea Route

Definitions

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

proper n. a shipping lane from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean along the Russian Arctic coast from the Barents Sea, along Siberia, to the Far East.

Etymologies

Sorry, no etymologies found.

Examples

Aliyev's company, RIMSCO, tripled cargo along Russia's coastal waterway last year when a warm summer kept what Russia calls the Northern Sea Route open for a record 141 days, almost a month longer than usual.

The official said the voyage will attract the attention of freight forwarders to the transport capacities of the Northern Sea Route, which is the shortest seaway from the ports of western Europe and Russia to the Far East and South-East Asia.

The Yamal Nenet situation differs from that of the Finnmark herders in that the Yamal Nenets are experiencing stresses relating to oil and gas extraction, and might in the future experience stresses related to Northern Sea Route coastal development made possible by climate change.

The benefits of a longer shipping season in the Arctic, with the possibility of easy transit through the Northern Sea Route and Northwest Passage for at least part of the year, are likely to be significant.

If ships sailing along the Northern Sea Route are designed for and capable of navigating in waters with 25% open water (75% sea-ice cover), the projected length of the navigation season is considerably longer than that for ships that are minimally ice-capable and can only navigate in 75% open water (25% sea-ice cover).